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Definition of Piassava palm
1. Noun. Brazilian palm yielding fibers used in making ropes, mats, and brushes.
Generic synonyms: Feather Palm
Group relationships: Attalea, Genus Attalea
Terms within: Coquilla Nut
Lexicographical Neighbors of Piassava Palm
| pianophiles pianos pians piapec piarachnoid piarist piarists pias piasaba piasabas | piasava piasavas piaster piasters piastre piastres piation piazza piazzalike piazzas | piazze piazzian pibal pibals pibble |
Literary usage of Piassava palm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Textile Fibres: Their Physical, Microscopical and Chemical Properties by Joseph Merritt Matthews (1913)
"This fibre is obtained from the piassava palm, growing chiefly in Brazil.
There are, however, two varieties of piassava; the Brazilian is obtained from the ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Palm, or piassava fibre, derived from the piassava palm, is used in the manufacture
of brooms, brushes, &c. It is found as far south as southern Bahia, ..."
3. Liberia by Harry Hamilton Johnston, Otto Stapf (1906)
"This is the " piassava" palm of the Americo-Liberians and produces the fibre
known by that name; in the coast region, Sir H. //. Johnston! ..."
4. A History of the Vegetable Kingdom: Embracing the Physiology of Plants, with by William Rhind (1857)
"... preventing it from being much in request for cordage in this country, where
only small quantities of them are received. PIASSAVA-PALM ..."
5. Brazil. Stray Notes from Bahia: Being Extracts from Letters, &c., During a by James Wetherell, William Hadfield (1860)
"The " piassava " palm, which yields such an abundant supply of that valuable
fibre is also not to be found near the city. I have never seen a living ..."
6. The Earth and Its Inhabitants by Elisée Reclus (1895)
"... Europe for various purposes, such as the preparation of tapirs and varnish,
and also for colouring paper. England imports the fibre of the piassava palm ..."
7. Dampier's Voyages: Consisting of a New Voyage Round the World, a Supplement by William Dampier (1906)
"As for 1 The piassava palm. 2 Coir. Piassava cables are supposed to be thrice
the strength of those made of the true coir (cocoa-nut fibre) and less subject ..."
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